Joh 5:31 | Scofield | STEP | witness Cf. . In our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required "two witnesses" ; ; ; . A paraphrase of verse would be: "If I bear witness of myself ye will say my witness is not true." Cf. .

‏ John 5:31

witness

Cf. John 8:14. In John 5:31 our Lord, defending His Messianic claims before Jews who denied those claims, accepts the biblical rule of evidence, which required "two witnesses" ; John 8:17; Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 17:6. A paraphrase of verse John 5:31 would be: "If I bear witness of myself ye will say my witness is not true." Cf. John 8:14.